Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 01, 2003

Crime and the Family: Improving Child-Rearing and Preventing Delinquency
This paper provides a summary of the February 3, 1994 conference on crime and the family.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Family Policy Studies Centre • February 3, 1994

Time to Care: A Comparison of How Couple and Sole Parents Households Allocate Time to Work and Children
This paper looks at the quality and quantity of time that single mothers spend with their children as compared to parents in couple relationships.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Social Policy Research Centre • June 01, 2004

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Early Parental Employment on Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
This study looked at the impact of early parental employment, particularly maternal employment, on children's developmental outcomes and found that the effects were quite small.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• American Psychological Association • March 01, 1999

Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Future of Children • 2002

Marriage Decline in America
This paper reports on the declining rates of marriage in America and emphasizes the negative impact this has on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The National Marriage Project • May 22, 2001

Barriers to the Employment of Welfare Recipients
This paper studies the extent to which welfare-reliant single mothers experience barriers to employment such as poor physical or mental health, domestic violence, a lack of transportation, low skill, and substance abuse problems.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • June 2002

Mothers’ Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health
This paper examines the extent to which unwed mothers' ability to work is affected by poor child health.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • December 01, 2003

Epidemiology of Divorce
This article discusses the history of marriage, divorce and remarriage in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

A Closer Look at Changes in Children’s Living Arrangements in Low-Income Families
This paper examines changes in the living arrangements of American children between 1999 and 2001, and discusses the stability of various family structures and their impact on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Johns Hopkins University • February 20, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1999: Family - Living Arrangements: Caring for Children After Parents Separate
This article examines the living arrangements of children from divorced or separated homes, the frequency of contact between children and their absentee parent, and the payment of child support.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • January 26, 2000

Child Support Distribution and Disbursement
This report reviews the changes to child support distribution that came as a result of the 1996 welfare reform laws in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1994: Family - Living Arrangements: Lone Fathers With Dependent Children
This document highlights Australian statistics on the labour force participation and housing arrangements of single fathers with dependant children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • February 22, 2001

Teenage Childbearing and Its Life Cycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment
This study compares the outcomes of teenage mothers to those who became pregnant as teenagers, miscarried, and delayed childbearing until adulthood.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • August 1999

Science Says: The Relationship Between Teen Motherhood and Marriage
This paper provides statistical information pertaining to teen motherhood and marriage and discusses the outcomes and consequences of teenage childbearing for women and their children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • September 2004

The Denial: Downplaying the Consequences of Family Structure for Children
This paper discusses the history of the belief that family structure has no impact on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Institute for American Values • 2005

The Child Abuse Crisis: The Disintegration of Marriage, Family, and the American Community
This paper discusses the relationship between the breakdown of marriage and family and the rise in child abuse cases over the last several decades.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • May 15, 1997

Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Children and Stepfamilies: A Snapshot
This report discusses the impact that being part of a stepfamily has on children's developmental outcomes and parent relationships.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Law and Social Policy • November 01, 1998

The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the economic outcomes of single-parent families and the growing levels of child poverty over the last several decades.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • April 15, 2002

Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase
This study examines the first increase in the U.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Child Trends • October 2008

It's All in the Past: Exploring the Repercussions of Parents' Early Conjugal and Parental Histories on the Family Life Course of their Children
This study looks at parental union status before and after the birth of a child in order to determine the likelihood of parental separation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • January 01, 2002

Father Absence and Child Well-being: A Critical Review
This paper investigates the relationship between father absence and child outcomes, including academic performance, levels of educational attainment, psychological well-being, behaviour, and early life transitions.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • November 2002

Child Maltreatment and Family Structure
This paper examines the incidence of different types of child abuse and maltreatment in single parent families and step-families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies • Winter 1996

The Demographic Foundations of Rising Employment and Earnings Among Single Mothers in Canada and the United States, 1980 to 2000
This study reports that employment and earnings of single mothers in Canada and the United States have increased since 1980.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada, Business and Labour Market Analysis Division • March 2008

The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody, and Access Proceedings
This paper suggests ways that the provincial and federal governments can give children a greater voice in divorce, custody and access proceedings.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage among New, Unwed Parents
In this paper the authors seek to understand why white and Hispanic parents are far more likely to marry within one year of a non-marital birth than are African American parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • July 2004

America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2005
This report uses 25 indicators of child well-being to examine the economic well-being, health, behaviour, social environment and education of American children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics • July 2005

Changing Patterns in Canadian Homeownership and Shelter Costs, 2006 Census
This report examines home ownership in Canada and reveals that homeownership rates are increasing as are ownership costs.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada, Income Statistics Division • June 2008

Custody, Access, and Child Support in Canada: Putting Children's Interests First
This consultation paper provides a forum for discussion and feedback about parenting and child support after the separation or divorce of a couple.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • March 01, 2001

Final Federal-Provincial-Territorial Report on Custody Access and Child Support: Putting Children First
This paper looks at previous research, surveys and studies on the challenges faced by children and families throughout the process of family separation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee • November 01, 2002

How Broken Families Rob Children of Their Chances for Future Prosperity
This paper discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the impact of family composition on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • June 11, 1999

Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • October 25, 2002

Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy • 2002

For Richer or Poorer? Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in the United States
This paper provides a critique of policies that promote marriage as a route to economic stability for single mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • July 01, 2003

Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
This research brief provides statistics on repeat teen childbearing in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Child Trends • October 2007

Family Portrait: Continuity and Change in Canadian Families and Households in 2006, 2006 Census
This report based on data from the 2006 census examines family structure including marital status, household and living arrangements across Canada.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

Family Structure by Region 2006 (Revised)
This data report from the General Social Survey (cycle 20) examines family structure by province and region.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • August 2007

Family Structure by Region 2006
This paper provides data tables from the General Social Survey comparing family structure by region between 2001 and 2006.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • June 2007

Marriage as a Social Good: Why Get Married?
This paper argues that the institution of marriage is one of the keys to a healthy, well-functioning society because it enhances personal security, economic well-being and limits government intervention.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society • May 2007

Why Marriage Matters: Marriage, Lone Parenthood, Cohabitation, and Child Well-Being in the West
This paper examines the decline of marriage in the West and its consequences for children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society • May 2007

The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months: Effects on Children of a Program that Increased Parental Employment and Income
This paper reports the effects of a welfare-to-work program for the participants' children including effects on their income, ...
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • June 01, 2000

Children At Risk: State Trends 1990-2000
This comprehensive report provides a state-by-state analysis of changes in child well-being from 1990-2000.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • August 01, 2002

Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
This paper examines the relationship between lone-mother status, mother and family characteristics, and child difficulties.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

The Changing Face of Child Poverty in California
This report provides a picture of the particular nature of child poverty in California.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Center for Children in Poverty • August 01, 2002

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Independent Studies • June 26, 2000

Five Million Children: 1992 Update
This report is the second in a series of annual reports on child poverty in the United States and discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1992

Trends in Family and Household Poverty
While studies have shown single-parent homes to be a primary cause of poverty in the rest of the nation, this is not the case for California which now has one of the highest percentages of poor married families in the country.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Public Policy Institute of California • May 01, 2000

Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
This fact sheet outlines state differences in the percentage of children living in low-income families in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Center for Children in Poverty • September 2004

Has ‘Welfare Dependency’ Increased?
This paper examines changes in the pattern of welfare dependency among women, particularly teen mothers, and looks at factors that contribute to termination of welfare reliance.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1997

Income Instability of Lone Parents Singles and Two-Parent Families in Canada, 1984 to 2004
Using Canadian tax data, this study demonstrates that there has been no widespread increase in earning instability among lone parents and unattached people over the previous two decades.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • March 2007

Father Absence and Youth Incarceration
This study examines the effect of father absence on youths' risk of arrest and incarceration.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • March 01, 2004

A Balancing Act: Sources of Support, Child Care, and Hardship Among Unwed Mothers
This report examines single mothers' patterns of reliance on social support, the child care arrangements they make, and the particular physical, emotional, and economic challenges that these women face.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Columbia University School of Social Work • 2002

The Changing Role of Child Support among Never-Married Mothers
This paper shows that more never-married mothers are receiving child support than were in the past, although it continues to be relatively uncommon.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1999

The Living Arrangements of New Unmarried Mothers
This paper investigates the living arrangements of unwed mothers, and examines the factors that influence their decisions in this regard.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • May 01, 2002

Family Change and Early Sexual Initiation
This paper investigates the influence of family structure on the age of a female's first sexual encounter.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1998

No Minor Matter: Developing a Coherent Policy on Paternity Establishment for Children Born to Underage Parents
This report discusses the importance of being able to establish paternity for children born to unmarried parents and examines the particular challenges faced when the father is a minor.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Law and Social Policy • March 01, 2004

Work, Welfare, and Family Structure: A Review of the Evidence
This paper looks at a number of major American welfare reform programs, including Assistance for Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, and food stamps.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1996

Does Welfare Play Any Role in Female Headship Decisions?
This paper seeks to determine whether or not welfare policies affect women's decision to head their own household.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 1995

Single motherhood and mental health: implications for primary prevention
This paper provides an extensive survey of research done on the health of single mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Canadian Medical Association • March 01, 1997

Single Motherhood and Mental Health: Implications for Primary Prevention
In this paper, the author suggests that recent studies on single parenting point to the need for changes in both the policies and addressing the problems, and the way those policies are evaluated.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Canadian Medical Association • March 1997

Divorce Law: Questions and Answers
This brochure provides information on divorce and divorce-related issues in Canada.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • 2006

A Child’s Day: 2000 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-being)
This report examines the well-being of children and the influence of parental interaction, participation in extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and educational expectations.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• U.S. Census Bureau • August 2003

Literature Review: Poverty, Homelessness and Teenage Pregnancy
This literature review examines causes and issues pertaining to poverty and pregnancy among teenaged women.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• First Steps Housing Project Inc. • February 2006

One-Parent Families: Characteristics, Causes, Consequences, and Issues
This study of Canadian single-parent families explores the structural and cultural causes of single-parenthood, the causes of unmarried teen births, the consequences for children living in single-parent households and the issue of children's rights.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • March 2006

The Impacts of Non-Parental Care on Child Development
This report examines the impact of increasing use of non-parental care.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • August 1999

A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children: A New Look at Data from National Surveys
This paper provides data and research relating to parenting and child development, such as maternal age and education, single and dual income families, employment, parental separation, marriage, infant mortality, child care, and child behaviour/outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada, Healthy Child Manitoba: Putting Children and Families First • September 01, 2003

Variations in Child Development Outcomes Among Children Living in Lone-Parent Families
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to document differences in developmental outcome variables between children living in lone-parent families and all other children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other national data sources, this report assesses Saskatoon children’s outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors and discerns how to improve the impact of these factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 2002

A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada
This is an analysis of child hunger data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and looks at the statistics of and factors associated with child hunger ...
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada • 2001

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Relationships and Children’s School Achievement in One- and Two-Parent Families
This paper analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and assesses how factors such as family structure, family processes, and child characteristics are associated with teachers’ judgments of children’s academic success.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Social Development Canada • June 2000

Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? What Research Says About the Effects of Family Structure on Child Well-Being
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, well-being, family income and overall child welfare.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Law And Social Policy • May 01, 2003

Reversing Teen Pregnancy and Single Parenthood
This article describes the current crisis of out-of-wedlock births, explains why this is a problem for children, and provides suggestions for how to promote childbearing within marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• American Experiment Quarterly • Summer 2001

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2003

Is a Baby a Good Reason to Marry?
This article examines the reasons which lead women and men to decide not to marry the other parent of their child.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

Custody, Access, and Child Support in Canada: Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations
From April 2001 to June 2001, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee asked for feedback on how the government could improve the laws and services it provided for children of separation and divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • Fall 2001

Marriage-Plus
This paper discusses the current debate concerning the government's interest in promoting marriage as a solution to many societal problems.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 08, 2002

Comments on the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Operation and the Interpretation of the Family Law Act
This document contains comments and recommendations by the Family Law Council pertaining to the Family Law Act ...
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Family Law Council • January 01, 1993

An Analysis of the Options for Changes in the Legal Regulation of Child Custody and Access
This paper examines possible reforms to the legal system that would enable it to facilitate the restructuring of parental relationships after divorce or separation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

The Effects of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the relationship between the increased number of single-parent homes and the levels of child poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • April 15, 2002

Life-Span Adjustment of Children to their Parents' Divorce
This article examines a variety of factors that determine how well children cope with the breakup of their parents' marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

Federation of Law Societies of Canada Consultation on Child Support Guidelines and Custody and Access
This paper offers an evaluation of family law by way of a summary of survey questionnaires and workshops provided to lawyers and judges involved in divorce and child custody cases.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Pre-Marital Fertility and Labour Market Opportunities: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
This study examines the effects of employment opportunities on pre-marital childbearing and union formation decisions in Britain.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for the Study of Labor • September 2004

The Growing Differences in Family Structure: What Do We Know? Where Do We Look for Answers?
This paper examines the literature on family change in the United States in order to determine how well social scientists are able to explain both changes over time and variations within population groups.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• John F. Kennedy School of Government • August 2001

Staying Single: The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation
This paper examines the effects of 14 different American welfare and employment programs on marriage and cohabitation decisions among single-parent families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• MDRC • April 2003

How Did the 2001 Recession Affect Single Mothers?
This paper examines the effects of the 2001 economic recession on the labour force participation and wage growth of single mothers in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • January 2005

Children in Bulgaria: Growing Impoverishment and Unequal Opportunities
This paper examines the effects of Bulgaria's economic transition on children's economic well-being, health, and education.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • January 2001

The Outcomes of Teen Motherhood in Europe
This paper uses data from the European Community Household Panel survey to examine the well-being of women who first gave birth in adolescence, across thirteen countries in the European Union.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre • July 2001

Children’s Elevated Risk of Asthma in Unmarried Families: Underlying Structural and Behavioral Mechanisms
This paper examines the correlation between parental marital status and asthma diagnoses among children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • 2005

Determinants of Australian Mothers' Employment: An Analysis of Lone and Couple Mothers
This paper examines potential reasons for lower rates of employment among lone mothers than among married mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • May 2002

Family Change and Community Life: Exploring the Links
This paper explores the connection between changes in family life, such as increasing divorce, maternal employment, and lone parenting, as well as decreasing social capital in communities.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • April 2003

Gender Inequality in Poverty in Affluent Nations: The Role of Single Motherhood and the State
This paper discusses gender differences in poverty in the United States, Australia, Canada, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • January 05, 2000

Australian Social Trends: Family and Community - Living Arrangements: Changing Families
This document looks at changing family structures and living arrangements in Australia, including the occurrence of multi-family and extended family households, and rises in childless and single-parent homes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • June 03, 2003

Subsidizing Child Care for Low-Income Families: A Good Bargain for Canadian Governments?
This paper examines the effects child care has on the employment and income of lone-mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Public Policy • May 01, 1998

Child Care Subsidies, Wages, and Employment of Single Mothers
This paper examines the effects of child care subsidies and wage rates on the employment decisions and outcomes of single mothers in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for the Study of Labor • June 01, 2002

Effects of Parental Marital Status, Income, and Family Functioning on African American Adolescent Self-Esteem
This article explores the different ways that family factors affect the self-esteem of African American adolescent boys and girls.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• American Psychological Association • 2000

Recent Trends in the Inheritance of Poverty and Family Structure
This paper looks at the likelihood that daughters of poor single mothers will experience poverty and single-parenthood themselves.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• California Center for Population Research • January 2004

Household Composition, Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Reports of Child Health in the United States
This paper demonstrates that children living in nuclear families or with their mother and her partner have better health outcomes than children living in extended families or with a single parent.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Research Center • 2002

Nonmarital First Births and Women's Life Histories
This paper looks at the future outcomes of unwed mothers who remain unmarried after the birth of their child.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • May 2002

Welfare Reform and Lone Mothers' Employment in the U.S.
This paper discusses various welfare projects and initiatives, including public childcare programs and subsidies, and looks at the impact of the American welfare reform on lone mothers' employment.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • June 2002

What Has Welfare Reform Accomplished? Impacts on Welfare Participation, Employment, Income, Poverty, and Family Structure
This comprehensive study of the effects of welfare reform in the United States finds that these reforms contributed to reduced welfare reliance, increased family income, and decreased poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • December 2003

Moving Out: Transition to Nonresidence among Resident Fathers in the U.S., 1968-1997
This paper investigates the probability that fathers will eventually become nonresident parents, due to the dissolution of their relationship with their children's mother.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • March 2004

Spouses or Babies? Race, Poverty, and Pathways to Family Formation
This paper looks at racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of non-marital childbearing as a pathway to family formation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Research Center • March 1994

Functional Status, Living Arrangements, and the Social Context of Disability
This study explores the relationship between family structure and rates of cognitive, physical and emotional disability among middle-aged adults.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Research Center • 1998

Good Things Come in 3’s: Single-Parent Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment
This study examines the effect of single parenthood on adolescent behaviours and finds that youth living with a single mother are more likely than other teens to drink, smoke, and initiate sexual activity.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies • October 2001

Living Arrangements of Single Mother Families: Variations, Transitions, and Child Development Outcomes
This study finds that children living with single or cohabiting mothers have poorer developmental outcomes than children living with married parents or with a single mother who lives with her parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Research Center • 2001

The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States since 1960
This paper discusses the growth in the number of single-parent families in the United States since the 1960s, and highlights the implications of this for child development, economics, and the moral fabric of society.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government • February 2004 (Revised June 2004)

Child Poverty and Family Structure in Canada
This paper finds that, while smaller family sizes and delaying the age of first pregnancies has helped to offset child poverty levels, lone parenthood has significantly increased child poverty rates over the last several years.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Center • May 2001

The Implications of Parents' Conjugal Histories For Children
This paper examines the consequences of increasing levels of cohabitation, as opposed to marriage, as the basis for starting a family.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• ISUMA • Autumn 2000

The Demography of Parent-Child Contact
This chapter from, Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, examines the relationship between different patterns of child care, and certain demographic elements of separated or divorced parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Financial Disadvantage in Australia 1990 to 2000: The Persistence of Poverty in a Decade of Growth
This paper examines trends in poverty in Australia in the 1990s, with an analysis of differences based on age, gender, employment status, educational attainment, housing tenure, geographic location and family type.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Smith Family, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling • 2001

Children and the Changing Labour Market: Joblessness in Families With Dependent Children
This report studies the extent to which unemployment has impacted Australian families with dependent children, and looks at differences in work distribution between genders and family structures.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • August 1999

Sole Parents, Income Support and Family Wellbeing
This paper examines the characteristics of Australia's single-parent population and discusses the effects that financial assistance has on their well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • October 1999

Does a Mother’s Age and Marital Status at Birth Affect the Probability that Her Child Will Have a Juvenile Court Record?
This research paper found that a mother’s age and marital status were significantly related to the probability that her child will receive a juvenile court record.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • February 1996

Mental Health Problems Among Single Mothers: Implications for Work and Welfare Reform
This paper discusses the mental health problems of single mothers and examines how these problems act as barriers to employment and self-sufficiency.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy • December 2000

Lone Parenthood and Family Disruption: The Outcomes for Children
This booklet reviews past research pertaining to the impact of family structure on child outcomes looking specifically at stepfamilies, single-parent homes, widowhood, and remarriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Family Policy Studies Center • January 1994

Revisiting the Structure of American Households: 1985-2000
This paper gives an overview of the changes in household composition and family structure between the years 1985 and 2000.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University • April 2001

Does Family Background Affect Educational Attainment Differently According to Family Structure, Birth Order, and Sex?
This paper examines the differential effects of family background on children's educational attainment according to birth order and sex.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Demography and Ecology: University of Wisonsin-Madison • December 1995

Does Family Structure Affect Children’s Educational Outcomes?
This paper discusses the relationship between family structure and children's educational outcomes by comparing two-parent, single-parent, and blended families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy • April 2002

Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence From Britain and the United States
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, behaviour, and educational achievement.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Oxford University Press • 2003

Families in Britain
This paper examines changes in family structure and function in Britain, including a discussion of adoption, single-parenthood, marriage, divorce, and remarriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Family Policy Studies Centre • October 1995

Fifty-Fifty Care
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses child living arrangments after a divorce and examines the structure of and motivation behind joint custody.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Daytime-Only Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, explores the prevalence of daytime-only custody provisions, and discusses why it is one of the most common post-divorce child care arrangements.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Little or No Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, explores the perceptions of, and reasons behind, father absence after divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

Holiday-Only Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post-Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses the issue of parental relocation after a divorce and the holiday-only child visitation arrangements.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

"Standard" Contact
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, examines the extent of standard contact arrangements between non-resident parents and their children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

The Cost of Children and the Welfare State
This paper discusses the results from a study on the financial cost of children and the welfare, tax provisions, and income support for families with children in the UK.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • December 1995

Extending Health Care Coverage to the Low-Income Population: The Influence of the Wisconsin BadgerCare Program on Labor Market Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of expanded eligibility for public health care insurance on the employment and earnings of low-income single mothers in Wisconsin.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for the Study of Labor • March 2005

Low Income (Poverty) Dynamics in Canada: Entry, Exit, Spell Durations and Total Time
Using the Longitudinal Administrative Databank (LAD), this paper attempts to understand “the nature of the hardship associated with the poverty experience” by examining whether poverty is a brief experience or a long-term experience.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 2000

Mediating Factors in Child Development Outcomes: Children in Lone-Parent Families
This paper examines the extent to which children from lone-parent families differ from those of two-parent families according to such factors as family income, parental resources, community resources, and family characteristics.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 1998

Incarceration and the Bonds Among Parents in Fragile Families
This paper investigates the effect that previous paternal incarceration has on the relationship stability and permanency of new, unmarried parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • Revised January 2003

Hardship and Australian Families
This paper measures and evaluates the economic hardship of Australian families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • February 12-14, 2003

Broken Hearts: Family Breakdown and the Consequences for Society
This paper provides an overview of evidence on family breakdown and its consequences for children in the United Kingdom.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Policy Studies • February 2002

The Price of Parenthood
This paper examines the impact and benefits of taxes on families in Britain.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Policy Studies • January 2005

Children’s Experience of Family Disruption and Family Formation: Evidence from 16 FFS Countries
This paper examines children's experience of family breakup, formation, and re-formation in Europe and the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • September 2001

The Economic Effects of Parental Absence
This paper explores the impact of single-parenthood and parental absence on a family's economic resources.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • May 27, 2003

Home-Alone America
This paper discusses “whether and just how much children need their parents — especially their mothers” and examines increasing divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, youth crime, violence, and murder.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Hoover Institute • July 01, 2001

Single Mothers in Ontario: Sociodemographic, Physical and Mental Health Characteristics
This study used data from the 1991 Ontario Health Supplement survey to examine the differences in socio-demographic, physical and mental health characteristics between mothers in two-parent and single parent households in Ontario.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Canadian Medial Association • 1997

Family Disintegration and the Retreat from Common Sense
This document discusses the church’s reaction to family disintegration in the latter half of the twentieth century.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Christian Institute • 1995

AbstractRe/Working Benefits: Continuation of Non-Cash Benefits Support for Single Mothers and Disabled Women
This study asked single mothers and women with disabilities about the importance of the non-cash benefits that they received while on welfare, such as childcare, housing, and transportation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Status of Women Canada, Policy Research Fund • February 01, 2003

"Time to Do the Chores?" Factoring Home-Production Needs into Measures of Poverty
This paper argues that families need not only sufficient income but also sufficient time to perform essential household tasks.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • March 01, 1994

The More Things Change? Children’s Living Arrangements since Welfare Reform
This brief paper looks at the changes in family structure and children's living arrangements since the 1996 welfare reform.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • October 01, 2003

Divorce: Facts, Figures, and Consequences
This report answers common questions about divorce and discusses the impact of divorce on children and adults.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 2002

Children in Single-Parent Families Living in Poverty Have Fewer Supports After Welfare Reform
The authors argue that welfare reform has resulted in increased hardship for children in poor single-parent families as access to benefits, such as health insurance, cash assistance, and food stamps, has become much more difficult.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Women's Policy Research • September 01, 2002

Do Financial Incentives Encourage Welfare Recipients to Work? Initial 18-Month Findings from the Self-Sufficiency Project
This report examines the impact of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP) on employment, wages, and well-being of single parent families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • February 01, 1996

Employers, Lone Parents and the Work-Life Balance
This document presents the results of an in-depth study on trends in lone-parent employment.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Centre for Social Research • December 01, 2000

Capabilities and Employability of Unwed Mothers
This paper examines economic hardship and barriers to employment among cohabiting and non-cohabiting unwed mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • January 01, 2001

Profiles and Transitions of Groups at Risk: Lone Parents
This paper attempts to determine what differentiates lone parents who escape poverty from those who do not.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 2002

Creating An Alternative to Welfare: First-Year Findings on the Implementation, Welfare Impacts, and Costs of the Self-Sufficiency Project
This report examines the effectiveness of the early stages of the Self-Sufficiency Project (SSP), and the impact the earnings supplement program has on welfare, low-wage work, and income assistance among single parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • December 01, 1995

The Effect of Changes in Maternal Employment and Family Composition on Children’s Behavior
This paper assesses whether changes in maternal employment and family composition, such as lone-parenthood and remarriage, are associated with the development of child behaviour, and uses information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) from 1994 to 1998
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • May 01, 2002

Single Mothers in Various Living Arrangements: Differences in Economic and Time Resources
This paper examines the welfare of single mothers who are either cohabiting or living with their parents, and discusses how their race affects their outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 1995

Child Support Enforcement: How Well is it Doing?
This paper explores the issue of child support and looks specifically at parental views on payment, and on the government's role in enforcement.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • December 01, 1999

Transitions in Welfare Participation and Female Headship
This paper examines the effect of welfare policies and local economic conditions on women's transitions into and out of welfare and into and out of female headship.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • November 01, 2003

Why Marriage Matters
This brief fact sheet discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the negative financial outcomes of single-parenting.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Family Research Council • May 18, 2004

Opening Doors: Students' Perspectives on Juggling Work, Family and College
This study looks at the challenges faced by low-income workers who have the opportunity to increase their earning potential by gaining credentials through a community college.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation • July 01, 2002

Differences in Labour Force Participation Earnings and Welfare Participation Among Canadian Lone Mothers: A Longitudinal Data Analysis
This paper analyzes the labour force and welfare participation of Canadian lone mothers by examining data from income tax files between 1982 and 1997.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 2001

Turning the Corner on Father Absence in Black America
This report examines the growing problem of father absence in black families in the United States and its impact on children and families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Morehouse Research Institute and Institute for American Values • 1999

Distribution of Family Incomes Across Regions in Canada
Continuing the analysis of Zyblock’s paper “Why is Family Market Income Inequality Increasing in Canada? Examining the Effects of Aging, Family Formation, Globalization and Technology,” this paper examines the changes in family market income across Canada ...
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 1998

Does Single Parenthood Increase the Probability of Teenage Promiscuity, Drug Use and Crime?
This paper studies the impact of single-parent families on teenagers, and explores the relationship between parental absence and adolescents substance abuse, crime, and sexual activity.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Claremont McKenna College • November 01, 2002

Social Transfers, Changing Family Structure, and Low Income Among Children
This paper points to increasing social transfer and changing patterns of child-bearing to explain the stability of child poverty levels despite the fact that, on average, the income of parents with young children is decreasing.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • September 01, 1995

Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Family
This paper looks at factors leading to the decline of two parent families and outlines the effects of single-parenting and divorce on men, women, and children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• CIVITAS – The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • September 01, 2002

A Look at Poor Dads Who Don't Pay Child Support
This paper examines the socio-economic, employment, and financial characteristics of nonresident fathers and the barriers that they face in paying child support.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • September 01, 2000

Australian Social Trends 1997: Famliy-Living Arrangements- One Parent Families
This paper discusses trends in single-parenthood and related issues such as employment, income, childcare, and government support.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • December 21, 2000

Vulnerability to Future Dependence Among Former AFDC Mothers
This study demonstrates that a significant number of women who had formerly relied on Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) returned to it after only a short period of time.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • January 01, 1995

Families Who Left Welfare: Who are They and How are They Doing?
This paper compares ex-welfare families to low-income mothers who have never recieved financial aid from social service programs and finds that, in terms of financial stability and income, the two groups are relatively similar.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • July 01, 1999

The Current State of Canadian Family Finances – 2003 Report
This paper gives an overview of the average financial situation of Canadian families and discusses related areas of employment earnings, income, spending, taxes, investments, poverty, and debt.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • February 01, 2004

Congress's Role in Improving Juvenile Delinquency Data
This paper critiques both the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, and Congress for their failure to include family breakdown in their research and data on delinquency.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • March 10, 2000

How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood?
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child outcomes, including educational attainment, sexual activity, and premarital union formation and childbearing.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • July 02, 1998

Australian Social Trends: Family and Community-Families With no Employed Parent
This document charts recent trends in parental employment and unemployment statistics, and looks at how parental work affects family income and well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • June 15, 2004

How Children Are Doing: The Mismatch between Public Perception and Statistical Reality
This study demonstrates that many Americans have innaccurate perceptions of child well being, and are unaware of the progress that has been made in improving children's circumstances.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Child Trends • July 01, 2003

Shifting Family Definitions: The Effect of Cohabitation and Other Nonfamily Household Relationships on Measures of Poverty
This paper responds to the argument that, when measuring poverty, the definition of family needs to be changed to include other relationships and living arrangements.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • February 01, 1997

Child Support and Children's Well-Being
This article looks at the economic disadvantages of children who live with only one biological parent, and focuses on issues pertaining to child custody and support.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Policy Institute for Family Impact Seminars • April 04, 2001

Poverty Among Children Born Outside of Marriage: Preliminary Findings from the National Survey of American Families
This paper provides evidence from American families that children born to unmarried mothers are significantly more likely to experience poverty than children born to married parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • December 01, 1999

Primary Childcare Arrangements of Employed Parents: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families
This paper provides information about working parents' primary care arrangements for their children aged 0-12.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • May 01, 2002

Single Lone Mothers
This paper discusses the nature, experiences, and outcomes of lone motherhood.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • October 01, 1995

The Impact of Disabilities on Mothers’ Work Participation: Examining Differences Between Single and Married Mothers
This paper investigates the ways in which maternal employment is affected by having a disability or by having a child with a disability.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Women's Policy Research • February 01, 2004

"Honey I'm Home." Changes in Living Arrangements in the Late 1990s
This study found that, in the late 1990s, there was a decline in the number of families led by single mothers and a rise in cohabitation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • June 01, 2001

Married and Unmarried Parenthood and Economic Well-Being: A Dynamic Analysis of a Recent Cohort
This paper examines the living standards, income, and financial stability of single-parent, cohabiting, and married couple families to determine the impact of family structure on economic well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 01, 2002

Promoting Marriage as Welfare Policy: Looking at Public Role in Private Lives
This paper explores the government's use of welfare reform as a means of promoting and strengthening the institution of marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The George Washington University • February 15, 2002

Family Structure, Intergenerational Mobility, and the Reproduction of Poverty: Evidence for Increasing Polarization?
This paper looks at the extent to which the intergenerational transmission of poverty and family structure, along with differential fertility, affects historical trends in the distribution of poverty and single-parenthood.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• California Center for Population Research • October 02, 2003

Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
Using data of children ages 6 to 11, this paper analyzes the relationship between family characteristics (specifically lone-mother status) and child difficulties
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Marriage From a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children, and What Can We Do About It?
This paper examines trends in family structure and children's living arrangements, and looks at the impact of family structure on child outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Child Trends • June 01, 2002

Making Fathers Count: Assessing the Progress of Responsible Fatherhood Efforts
This paper reviews past studies done on fatherhood and the impact of father absence on the well-being and development of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Annie E. Casey Foundation • 2002

The Intergenerational Correlation in AFDC Participation: Welfare Trap or Poverty Trap?
This paper discusses the fact that women who relied on Assistance for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) are likely to have grown daughters who will rely on it as well.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Insitute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1996

Support From Both Parents
This paper looks at the need for both parents in single-parent families to financially support their children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Children's Defense Fund • October 01, 2002

How Do Marriage, Cohabitation, and Single Parenthood Affect the Material Hardships of Families with Children?
This paper examines the effect of marital status and family structure on the economic situations of families with children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 01, 2002

Changes in the Labour Force Status of Lone and Couple Australian Mothers, 1983-2002
This paper studies trends in labour force participation rates of Australian mothers, and looks at the determinants of their employment, such as educational attainment, age, and number of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • June 01, 2003

The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform: The Material Well-Being of Single Mothers in the 1980s and 1990s
This paper examines the consumption patterns of single mothers before and after the implementation of welfare and tax reforms in the United States in order to examine the effect of these reforms on single-parent families.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • September 28, 2000

The Health of Lone Mothers
This paper examines the health of lone mothers over time and compares it to the health of mothers in dual parent homes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • October 01, 1999

Understanding Differences In Black and White Child Poverty Rates
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper compares and analyzes differences in black and white children's experiences with poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Heritage Foundation • May 23, 2001

Family Structure and Mental Health
Using previously collected data, the author focuses attention on social and psychological processes that point to new methods of analysis in the areas of stress and family structure, poverty in single-parent households and health, and the impact of childhood experiences on subsequent family structure.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• CMHS/ Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program • June 01, 2003

Fathers Behind Bars: The Impact of Incarceration on Family Formation
This paper examines the rising rates of incarceration in the United States, and discusses the impact that this has on family structure.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • June 01, 2000

State Profiles of Child Well-Being: Results for the 2000 Census
This report uses data from the 1990 and 2000 censuses to provide state profiles of child well-being in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Annie E. Casey Foundation • March 01, 2003

Extreme Poverty Rising, Existing Government Programs Could Do More
This paper explores the increases in extreme economic hardship among single-parent families in in the US, and focuses on how declining participation in state welfare programs has affected poverty levels.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • April 01, 2002

The Lone-Parent Trap: How the Welfare System Discourages Marriage
Using a variety of case studies, this paper examines the impact of the current British welfare system, and attempts to determine why marriage rates are low among the poor.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • May 01, 2002

Growing up With Mom and Dad? The Intricate Family Life Courses of Canadian Children
This paper looks at the changing compositions and structures of Canadian families and examines the rise in cohabiting, single-parent, and blended households.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Statistics Canada • July 01, 1998

Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda
This paper looks at the increase in non-marital childbearing since the 1960s, and discusses whether or not recent federal marriage initiatives, such as marriage education programs, will be successful in encouraging marriage and improving child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • December 01, 2003

One in Four: America's Youngest Poor
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of children living in poverty in the United States and suggests ways to deal with this growing problem.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The National Center for Children in Poverty • January 01, 1996

Can Government Strengthen Marriage: Evidence from the Social Sciences
This paper explores how and why the government should implement public policies that support the institution of marriage and work towards the reduction of divorce and unmarried childbearing.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Single-Parent Families and Their Impact on Children: Changing Portrayals in Popular Magazines in the U.S., 1900-1998
This study examines how twentieth century magazines depict the acceptability of single parent families, the impact of single parenting on children, and the factors that contribute to the formation of a single-parent family.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • May 01, 2003

Lone-Father Families in Canada 1971-1996
This paper explores the nature of lone-father families, specifically with regard to the effects of single-parenting on employment, income and poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Population Studies Centre University of Western Ontario • June 09, 1999

Trends over Time in the Educational Attainments of Single Mothers
Using data from the Current Population Survey, this paper explores the high rates of high school drop out and welfare participation of single mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1993

Low Income, Labour Force Participation and Women in Housing Need, 1991
Using data from 1991 housing cost surveys, this paper discusses core housing need and demonstrates its connection to low household income and lack of workforce participation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Depository Services Program • 1991

The Age of Unwed Mothers: Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem?
In this paper the author argues that the growing problem of unmarried motherhood is the result of increased childbearing among unwed women in their twenties.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for American Values • 1999

Life Without Father: What Happens to the Children?
This paper studies the adverse effects of father absence in single-parent homes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Center for Research and Child Wellbeing, Princeton University • August 15, 2001

The Employment, Earnings, and Income of Single Mothers in Wisconsin Who Left Cash Assistance: Comparisons among Three Cohorts
This paper compares the outcomes of women who left welfare assistance in 1995, 1997, and 1999.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • January 01, 2003

The Housing and Socio-Economic Conditions of Lone-Parent Families: 1991 Census Profile
This article uses unpublished data from the 1991 census to highlight the economic conditions of lone-parent families specifically with reference to their housing situation.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation • June 01, 1997

Changes in Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Evidence from the 2002 National Survey of America’s Families
This paper shows that children living with married parents experience less material hardship than children living in single-parent or cohabiting homes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Urban Institute • August 15, 2003

Neo-Conservatism and Child Care Services in Alberta: A Case Study
This paper looks at the child care system in Alberta, ...
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Childcare Resource and Research Unit • 1997

Impacts of Marital Status and Parental Presence on the Material Hardship of Families with Children
This paper looks at how marriage, cohabitation, and single parenthood affect family incomes and living standards of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 01, 2002

Life After Welfare: The Economic Well-Being of Women and Children Following an Exit from AFDC
This study looks at the overall economic well-being of women who left welfare assistance, and discusses factors that affect their outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1996

A Study of Family, Child Care and Well-Being in Young Canadian Families
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examined the effects child care has on child development, and what factors predict a family’s use of child care.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Human Resources Development Canada • March 01, 2001

Cohabitation and Divorce Across Nations and Generations
This paper assesses the extent to which parental separation or divorce during childhood affects adulthood relational outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • March 01, 2003

The Long Term Effects for Children of Different Parental Backgrounds
This paper examines the impact of childhood experiences relating to family structure on adulthood views on parenting, family life and expectations, satisfaction, and emotional well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 1997

Five Million Children: 1993 Update
This report discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1993

Five Million Children: 1991 Update
This report provides a profile of child poverty in 1989, and shows that poverty rates for children under age six were increasing substantially during this time.
• Category: Family Structure > Single-parent Families
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1991